SEA Games: Eight-year-old Malaysian wins waterskiing gold

PALEMBANG: Eight-year-old Aaliyah Yoong-Hanifah became the youngest champion in the history of the SEA Games when she won gold in the waterskiing tricks event on Thursday at the Jakabaring Lake. Born on July 16, 2003, Aaliyah's nearest rival was aged 34. The Yoong siblings are certainly enjoying themselves at the 26th SEA Games. After two days of competition, Aaliyah's half-sister Philippa Yoong-Bayly has a gold in the women's slalom, while former Formula 1 driver Alex Yoong, her half-brother, finished second in the men's slalom. The Yoong siblings are well-known in their native Malaysia and around the region, and they have been the centre of attention at the wakeboard and waterski competition here. Despite his hectic schedule as head of Team Lotus' drivers' development programme, where he supervises the likes of Singapore's Daim Hishammuddin, Alex, who made 18 Grand Prix ...